The United Nations at the millennium : the principal organs

Author(s)

• Taylor, Paul Graham
• Groom, A. J. R.

Bibliographic Information

The United Nations at the millennium : the principal organs

edited by Paul Taylor and A.J.R. Groom

Continuum, 2000

• : hardback
• : pbk

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. [327]-350) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Volume

: hardback ISBN 9780826447777

Description

This work provides coverage of each of the principle organs of the United Nations. Covering the Security Council, the General Assembly, the Secretariat, the Economic and Social Council, the Trusteeship Council and the International Court of Justice. The book provides a survey of the life of each organ since its inception in 1945 and looks at the extent to which it has fulfilled its founding mission. The authors go on to analyze the interaction of each organ with the others in the UN system and to look at proposals for reform. As well as providing comprehensive coverage of the present role of this highly influential organization, the book addresses larger questions about the role of the UN and the fitness for purpose of its principle organs, as to a means of global governance.

Table of Contents

• The evolution of the principle organs
• General Assembly
• Security Council
• Economic and Social Council
• Trusteeship Council
• International Court of Justice
• Secretariat
• facing the future.

Volume

: pbk ISBN 9780826447784

Description

This book provides unparalleled coverage of each of the principal organs of the United Nations. This collection offers a survey of the life of each organ since its inception in 1945, the extent to which is has fulfilled its founding mission, and proposals for reform.As well as providing comprehensive coverage of the present role of this highly influential organization, the book addresses larger questions about the role of the U.N. and the fitness for purpose of its principal organs as a means to global governance.

Table of Contents

• The evolution of the principle organs
• General Assembly
• Security Council
• Economic and Social Council
• Trusteeship Council
• International Court of Justice
• Secretariat
• facing the future.

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Details

• NCID: BA50919242
• ISBN:
  • 0826447775
  • 0826447783
• LCCN: 00059037
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: London
• Pages/Volumes: xix, 363 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : JZ5005
  • DC21 : 341.23
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : United Nations
  • LCSH : International agencies